diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogFragment.java
index f95ce46d51c..1aac0ff1c18 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogFragment.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.text.Editable;
 import android.text.InputFilter;
 import android.text.InputFilter.LengthFilter;
 import android.text.InputType;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.TextWatcher;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import android.widget.CheckBox;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto.MetricsEvent;
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settings.core.instrumentation.InstrumentedDialogFragment;
@@ -185,6 +187,19 @@ public class BluetoothPairingDialogFragment extends InstrumentedDialogFragment i
         return dialog;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to return the text of the pin entry field - this exists primarily to help us
+     * simulate having existing text when the dialog is recreated, for example after a screen
+     * rotation.
+     */
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    CharSequence getPairingViewText() {
+        if (mPairingView != null) {
+            return mPairingView.getText();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a dialog with UI elements that allow a user to provide input.
      */
@@ -196,7 +211,9 @@ public class BluetoothPairingDialogFragment extends InstrumentedDialogFragment i
         mBuilder.setNegativeButton(getString(android.R.string.cancel), this);
         AlertDialog dialog = mBuilder.create();
         dialog.setOnShowListener(d -> {
-            mDialog.getButton(Dialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setEnabled(false);
+            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(getPairingViewText())) {
+                mDialog.getButton(Dialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setEnabled(false);
+            }
             if (mPairingView != null && mPairingView.requestFocus()) {
                 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
                         getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogTest.java
index 7a6ae79e2f9..fba11de8066 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothPairingDialogTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.app.Dialog;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowAlertDialog;
 import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowApplication;
 import org.robolectric.util.FragmentTestUtil;
 
@@ -412,6 +414,39 @@ public class BluetoothPairingDialogTest {
         verify(dialogActivity, times(1)).dismiss();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void rotateDialog_nullPinText_okButtonEnabled() {
+        userEntryDialogExistingTextTest(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void rotateDialog_emptyPinText_okButtonEnabled() {
+        userEntryDialogExistingTextTest("");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void rotateDialog_nonEmptyPinText_okButtonEnabled() {
+        userEntryDialogExistingTextTest("test");
+    }
+
+    // Runs a test simulating the user entry dialog type in a situation like device rotation, where
+    // the dialog fragment gets created and we already have some existing text entered into the
+    // pin field.
+    private void userEntryDialogExistingTextTest(CharSequence existingText) {
+        when(controller.getDialogType()).thenReturn(BluetoothPairingController.USER_ENTRY_DIALOG);
+        when(controller.getDeviceVariantMessageHintId())
+                .thenReturn(BluetoothPairingController.INVALID_DIALOG_TYPE);
+        when(controller.getDeviceVariantMessageId())
+                .thenReturn(BluetoothPairingController.INVALID_DIALOG_TYPE);
+
+        BluetoothPairingDialogFragment fragment = spy(new BluetoothPairingDialogFragment());
+        when(fragment.getPairingViewText()).thenReturn(existingText);
+        setupFragment(fragment);
+        AlertDialog dialog = ShadowAlertDialog.getLatestAlertDialog();
+        boolean expected = !TextUtils.isEmpty(existingText);
+        assertThat(dialog.getButton(Dialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).isEnabled()).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+
     private void setupFragment(BluetoothPairingDialogFragment frag) {
         assertThat(frag.isPairingControllerSet()).isFalse();
         frag.setPairingController(controller);